Entries for May 2021
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19 May 2021
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 05/19 12:18 Feeder Cattle Delight in Lower Corn Prices Again The corn market's lower trend into Wednesday afternoon is helping feeder cattle futures trade higher. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Feeder cattle futures skip into Wednesday afternoon trade as corn faces lower prices, but live cattle ...
19 May 2021
DTN Midday Grain Comments 05/19 10:50 Soybean Futures Way Down Midday Wednesday Corn is 16 to 18 cents lower, soybeans are 41 to 43 cents lower and wheat 21 to 23 cents lower. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: The U.S. stock market is weaker with the Dow down 390 points. The dollar index is 0.11 higher. Interest rate products ...
19 May 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN continue their march upward, as seven of eight major fertilizers showed month-over-month increases based on a survey of sellers in the second week of May. For the second straight week prices for UAN28 and UAN32 were significantly higher than the previous month. DTN designates significan...
19 May 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- How much corn could a cutworm cut if a cutworm could cut corn? Growers across the Midwest and Eastern Corn Belt will find out, as temperatures finally start climbing high enough for black cutworms to emerge from the eggs laid in the soil earlier this spring. Entomologists from Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Ohio, Pe...
19 May 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite helping advance farmers' understanding of soil health, conservation, water quality and carbon sequestration over the past seven years, the National Corn Growers Association is shutting down its flagship sustainability program, the Soil Health Partnership, at the end of the month. The partnership was one of the first moves by ...